contacto

/[kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,191

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

contacto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de tocar o de tocarse. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o]. It ranks #1,191 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with contado and contrato.

Key facts for contacto
PropertyValue
Headwordcontacto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,191
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contacto in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contacto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,191 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for contacto, with forms such as "ccontacto", "cnotacto", and "conatcto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "contado", "contrato", "contexto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is contacto, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de tocar o de tocarse.
  2. 2
    El estado de estar en proximidad inmediata.
  3. 3
    Relación, asociación o comunicación entre dos o más organizaciones personas o entidades.
  4. 4
    Persona a través de la cual se tiene acceso a información, autorizaciones, influencia o a otras personas, etc.
  5. 5
    Dispositivo que establece o permite la corriente eléctrica entre dos o mas conductores eléctricos.
  6. 6
    Por extensión, estado del auto en el que se enciende el sistema eléctrico, previo al arranque del motor.
  7. 7
    Impresión en positivo, obtenida por contacto de un negativo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontacto,cnotacto,conatcto,conntacto,contaccto,contacot,contactto,contatco,contcato,conttacto,cotnacto,ocntacto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contacto

Misspelling Variants of "contacto"

ccontacto9cnotacto8conatcto8conntacto9contaccto9contacot8contactto9contatco8
Misspelling Variants of "contacto"

Frequency rank: #1,191 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contacto"?
"contacto" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o].
What does "contacto" mean?
As a noun, "contacto" means: Acción o efecto de tocar o de tocarse.
What words are commonly confused with "contacto"?
"contacto" is commonly confused with "contado", "contrato", "contexto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contacto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contacto" is [kõn̪ˈt̪akt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contacto" come from?
"contacto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.